Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-08-04

Pa.
One hundred and fifty men have been
engaged and the extension of the Mil
waukee Il Northern from Republic to
Champion, II. p, will be commenced at
once.
Rev. (?) L. W. Mcdonald, q pious board
bill jumper and fraud generally, Is serving
a sentence in the Kent county jail. Nc
Donald claims To be an evangelist of the
Christian church.
Flint proposes to raise $50, 900 for stock
and issue bonds for $40, 900 more for the
building of the Flushing X Flint railroad
The Flint IL Pere Marquette company will
equip and run the road.
The old settlers of iceland and its
neighborhood, at meeting held recently,
resolved to celebrate their colonization, 40
years ago, of that township and vicinity,
on the 3lst of August next at iceland.
The competitive examination for West
Point, held at Marquette, resulted in the
recommendation Of Jas. Moore of Han
cock, veteran son, for the appointment,
with Alfred Il. Palmer of Escanaba as
alternate
The July report of offenders apprehend-
ed by the state game wardens shows nine.
teen violations, of which all were convicted
but one, that Of Mr.. Bugs of Mackinac
county. who was arrested for killing deer
out of season.
Charles Porteus OF Saginaw, and
stranger had an alteration at Sault Ste.
Marie, and the stranger whipped out re-
volver and shot POrteOus through the lungs,
infiicting a probably fatal wound. The
murderer escaped.
Judge Falcott H. Wing has been engaged
for over 20 years in preparing a history of
Monroe county. Judge Wing has collected
"reminiscences and incidents which will
make the work the most complete book of
the kind published.
John j. Forster Il Co. of Greenville have
been awarded the contract t. furnish all
the lumber for the bridges, culverts, de-
pots, etc, needed by the Detroit Lansing
Il Northern railroad company on their
new line from Grand Ledge to Grand
Rapids.
Charles Buckhardt staggered up to Luz
cius Lochard July at Meredith and
struck HIM. Lochard returned the blow.
Buckhardt died and was buried. The
body was eXhumed, examined and the corO-
ner's inquest led to the issue of warrant
for murder. L0chard gave himself up
The most important sales at the Wagner
stock farm, near Marshall, were: Cassie
black stallion, to f.. G. Russell, Pittsfeld,
Mass, S1,025; Mcclure, bay stallion, to
w. +. Williams, Vinton, Ia, $50; Lenore
bay filly, to Jas. Tinson. Chicago, 81, 100,
and Jessie B., brown mare, TO w. l.. Cow
an, jackson, $3.50.
Frank G.. Kneeland and Alfred K
Smith, formerly cashiers in the bank of
Harrington, SAVERS Il Co., in st. Louis,
created a sensation there 10y practically
acknowledging their guilt of charge Of
ENLIGHTENMENT by paying to the firm
claim of nearly $4,000, which they were
sued for in the circuit court.
Two Pinkerton men, supposed to be
employed by the saloOnkeepers of Muske-
gon, have made complaint against IL
druggists, and four saloonkeepers for SELL
ing liquor in that city-the druggists for
selling without the proper license; the
saloonkeepers for selling OH Sunday. All
but one druggist has been bound over for
trial.
VIM. Forsythe of Carrolton, Saginaw
county, is under arrest charged with at
tempting to murder Isaac Newton of the
same place. Newton says that Forsythe
came to his house early Sunday morning
and fired a revolver at him. Forsythe
says he was trying to shoot a dog but be-
ing a poor marksman the bullet went in
the house.
The board of state auditors have awarded
the contract for the state printing and
binding to Thorp Il Godfrey. 1t runs for
two years commencing Jan. 1, 1888, and
pays 20 cents per thousand for composition
and 1S cents per token for press work. The
contract for paper goes to the Three Rivers
paper company and for stationary to Theo-
dore Backus, Detroit.
ii. r. Ransom of Cleveland visited
Grand Haven recently, and engaged a COL
Ored man who rOwed him to the fishing
grounds at the point. Ransom instructed
the cOlOred man TO dig hole at a given
point, and after reaching depth of three
feet cloth containing $4,000 worth of
diamonds was secured. Ransom was
detective, and the plumber was hidden by
a crook who squealed.
The state weather service reports corn,
potatoes and oats In the southern tier of
counties affected unfayorably by the
weather last week. but in good condition
in the northeastern portion. Lack of
heavy rains and high and intense tempera-
ture the cause. Pastures In the southeast
are burned and unfit for use. Dat harvest
in progress. Hay crop about average,
wheat below and oat crop good.
Charles Porteous and a stranger had an
alteration in the lobby of hotel in Sault
Ste. Marie and came to blows. They were
separated, but after time met again,
when the stranger deliberately drew
revolver and shot POrteous through the
lungs. inflicting wound which may prove
fatal. lie now lies in the hospital at st.
Ignace. Henry Wright, of Freeland,
Saginaw county, Porteous' brother-in law,
while on the way to learn Of the shooting,
was thrown from his buggy and danger
ously injured.
Swamp Robinson, an odd character liv-
ing at the farther end of the Chandler
marsh, has trained two enormous wood
snakes to wrap their tails about the boughs
of trees In his yard and permit themselves
to be used as hammock ropes. Robinson
lies in the hammock for hours at time,
lulled to sleep by the undulat0ry motion
of the serpents' tails. A small rattler
comes up on the porch every day and holds
its tail in Its mouth i'm order that Robin
sons little son may play 'cat's cradle"
with it without having to tie the ends to-
gether-Lansing Journals snake editor.
A. S. Misenar of Bethel, Branch county,
went to New York short time ago to get
large sum of money said to be due his
wife from an estate i'm England, of which
she was reported to be an heir. Several
hundred dollars was required to secure
the funds from the hand of the claim
agent who put the money into package,
and next into cigar box, before Misenar's
eyes, and he then took 1t to the express
Office and paid 40 cents to Coldwater.